Project Manager

Tharseo IT is a veteran led, minority owned, Oracle partner focused on providing the government and higher education communities exceptional ERP migration and modernization services to OCI. Our vision is to be a leader in Oracle Cloud technology solutions and services, delivering unparalleled value to our clients worldwide. We aim to create a future where organizations can leverage the power of the cloud to innovate, optimize, and transform their agency or higher education institution, while enjoying exceptional customer service and support.

As a Project Manager, you will work with multiple internal and external stakeholders, project teams, divisions, departments, and vendors to strategize, implement, and maintain the various modernization initiative for social services and Medicaid programs. This position will interact with all levels of staff in at North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), including executive staff. This is an onsite position in Durham, North Carolina.

Responsibilities

• Review project proposals or plans to determine a time frame, funding limitations, procedures for accomplishing projects, staffing requirements and the assignment of available departmental resources to various project phases.
• Identify and schedule project deliverables, milestones, and required activities and tasks.
• Provide leadership and motivation to project team members throughout the project life cycle and confer with project staff to outline a work plan.
• Establish a work plan and staffing for project activities, iterations, or phases, and arrange for recruitment or assignment of project personnel.
• Ensure that project goals are in line with business objectives.
• Ensure that project goals are achieved.
• Assign duties and responsibilities to project personnel and define the scope of their authority.
• Direct and coordinate the activities of project personnel to ensure projects progress on schedule and within budget.
• Review status reports prepared by project personnel and modify schedules or plans as required.
• Work with business and cross-functional teams to develop Business Case and Cost Benefit analysis for prioritized initiatives within the program.
• Manage multiple Vendor onboarding and identify key requirements needed from cross-functional teams and Vendors.
• Work with other program managers to identify risks and opportunities across multiple projects within the department..
• Manage budget across various workstreams and funding channels for maximum productivity.
• Manage resource allocations and expectations for program.
• Collaborate with the State DIT to ensure program compliance with the State IT Roadmap and all State Privacy and security requirements.
  
  

Required Qualifications

• Must be a results-oriented individual with a strong work ethic and must be able to demonstrate excellent leadership, negotiation, time management, facilitation, and organizational skills.
• Experience in communicating in a fashion tailored to the audience and their needs.
• Excellent written communication and presentation skills.
• Demonstrates experience in working effectively with all levels of staff, clients, and other IT personnel.
• Experience in the responsibility for acquiring and utilizing the necessary resources and skills, within agreed parameters of cost, timeframes, and quality for a program.
• Ability to identify and plan systematic corrective action to reduce errors and improve the quality of the systems and services, by examination of the root causes of problems.
• Ability to build, influence, lead and motivate effective teams towards end results.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• PgMP Certification or Agile (PMI-ACP) Certification
• Experience managing or supervising programs involving Application modernization and modularization projects
• Experience collaborating with State and Local Government
• Experience in complex, cross-functional team environments
• Knowledge of social services and medicaid programs or similarly complex case management systems
  
  

Our Mission: We are dedicated to promoting diversity and creating a sense of belonging within our organization. Inclusion and diversity are at the core of our culture and values, and make us more innovative and creative in serving our clients and communities.

Compensation: At Tharseo IT, we understand that salaries for roles can vary significantly depending on factors such as location, specific role, skillsets, and level of experience. We believe in fairly rewarding our employees for their expertise and contributions and strive to ensure that our compensation packages are competitive and reflective of the current market value. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Tharseo IT’s benefit programs. Additionally, our offerings include health insurance, retirement benefits, paid leave, career development and flexible remote schedule.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Tharseo IT is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal state or local laws.This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Tharseo IT makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.